【提升】新概念英語(yǔ)單詞:Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境
Lesson 61 Trouble with the Hubble 哈勃望遠(yuǎn)鏡的困境
Hubble [?h?bl] n. 哈勃
telescope [?telisk?up] n. 望遠(yuǎn)鏡
【擴(kuò)】spyglass 小型望遠(yuǎn)鏡
【搭】single-tube telescope 單筒望遠(yuǎn)鏡
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A: My father sent me a new telescope yesterday.
B: Is it a birthday present?
A：我爸爸昨天送了一個(gè)新的望遠(yuǎn)鏡給我。
B：那是給你的生日禮物嗎？
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launch [l??nt?] v. 發(fā)射
【搭】launch out 出航
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A: I won't be surprised if the launch is scrubbed today.
B: But I don't think they will scrub it.
A：即使今天發(fā)射取消，我也不會(huì)感到意外。
B：但我認(rèn)為他們不會(huì)取消的。
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space [speis] n. 空間
NASA [?n?s?] n. (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) 國(guó)家航空和航天局
billion [?bilj?n] n. 10億
【擴(kuò)】million 百萬(wàn) thousand 千 hundred 百
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A: They plan to spend five billion yuan on the project.
B: It's really a lot of money.
A：他們計(jì)劃在這個(gè)項(xiàng)目上花費(fèi)50億元。
B：那確實(shí)是很多錢。
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faulty [?f??lti] adj. 有錯(cuò)誤的
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A: Your reasoning on this point is faulty.
B: What's your opinion then?
A：你在這一點(diǎn)上的推論是錯(cuò)誤的。
B：那你的意見(jiàn)是什么呢？
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astronaut [??str?n??t] n. 宇航員
shuttle [???tl] n. 航天飛機(jī)
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A: The space shuttle is touching down.
B: Have they finished the task this time?
A：那架航天飛機(jī)正在著陸。
B：他們這次完成任務(wù)了嗎？
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Endeavour [in?dev?] n. “奮進(jìn)”號(hào)
robot-arm [?r?ub?t-?ɑ?m] n. 機(jī)器手
grab [ɡr?b] v. 抓
【派】grabber 強(qiáng)取者
【擴(kuò)】grasp 緊緊抓住
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A: There is so much work left.
B: Yes, we need to grab some more people to help us.
A：還剩很多工作沒(méi)做。
B：是的，我們需要再多找?guī)讉€(gè)人來(lái)幫我們。
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atmosphere [??tm?sfi?] n. 大氣層
distant [?dist?nt] adj. 遙遠(yuǎn)的
【派】distantly 遙遠(yuǎn)地
【擴(kuò)】distance 距離
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A: I haven't seen this kind of things before.
B: It comes from a distant place.
A：我之前從來(lái)沒(méi)見(jiàn)過(guò)這種東西。
B：它來(lái)自一個(gè)很遙遠(yuǎn)的地方。
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galaxy [?ɡ?l?ksi] n. 星系
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A: It is not in the middle of the galaxy, but rather near one edge.
B: Which book did you learn it from?
A：它不在星系中央而在邊緣一帶。
B：你是從哪本書里學(xué)到的？
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universe [?ju?niv??s] n. 宇宙
eagle eye [?i?ɡl-?ai] 鷹眼
